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Japan Brings Noisemakers to Stock Market Celebrationswww.reedconstructiondata.com
| Nov 5, 2014In the middle of last month, the stock markets gave us a scare. The Dow Jones Industrials (DJI) and the S&P 500 dropped by 7.2% and 7.4% respectively versus their September 19 2014 highs. By the end of October, all was right with the world again. The S&P had returned level with its previous peak a...

Japan Brings Noisemakers to Stock Market Celebrationswww.dailycommercialnews.com
| Nov 5, 2014In the middle of last month, the stock markets gave us a scare. The Dow Jones Industrials (DJI) and the S&P 500 dropped by 7.2% and 7.4% respectively versus their September 19 2014 highs. By the end of October, all was right with the world again. The S&P had returned level with its previous peak a...

Japan Brings Noisemakers to Stock Market Celebrationswww.journalofcommerce.com
| Nov 4, 2014In the middle of last month, the stock markets gave us a scare. The Dow Jones Industrials (DJI) and the S&P 500 dropped by 7.2% and 7.4% respectively versus their September 19 2014 highs. By the end of October, all was right with the world again. The S&P had returned level with its previous peak and...

Earthquake-resistant wood tech used in Japanwww.journalofcommerce.com
| Oct 28, 2014Earthquake and wind- resistant wood wall systems designed in B.C. are planned for use on a historic Japanese project. This month, Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism announced its contract award for a 9,000 square metre, five-storey elderly care facility in Adachi W...

Japan scales down stadium planwww.dailycommercialnews.com
| Oct 30, 2013Japan is scaling down the planned main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, following an uproar from some prominent architects who think it’s too big and expensive. TOKYO Japan is scaling down the planned main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, following an uproar from some...

Japan earthquake providing new insightwww.journalofcommerce.com
| Aug 1, 2011Japan's March 11 Tohoku Earthquake was among the strongest ever recorded and because it struck one of the world's most heavily instrumented seismic zones, this natural disaster is providing scientists with a treasure trove of data on rare magnitude 9 earthquakes. Japan's March 1...

Japan earthquake provides lessons for building engineers: Georgia Techwww.dailycommercialnews.com
| Jul 27, 2011Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology found that the powerful earthquake that hit Japan in March, 2011 weakened subsurface materials by as much as 70 per cent. That non-linear response from the top layer of the Earth’s crust affected how the movement of faults deep beneath the surf...

Japan wants reactors idled while seawall built at plantwww.dailycommercialnews.com
| May 10, 2011Japan has urged a power company to suspend all three reactors at a coastal nuclear plant while a seawall and other structures are built to ensure a major earthquake or tsunami does not cause a second radiation crisis. TOKYO Japan has urged a power company to suspend all three...

British Columbia lumber in demand for Japan reconstructionwww.dailycommercialnews.com
| Apr 20, 2011British Columbia lumber companies are gearing up to meet an anticipated demand for plywood as Japan develops plans for reconstruction. Japanese ports and plywood producers were damaged by the earthquake and tsunami in March. VANCOUVER British Columbia lumber companies are gea...